

Based on the 1910 novel by Henry Handel Richardson, thought to be an account of her own schooldays at the Presbyterian Ladies College in Melbourne. A young girl, Laura Tweedle-Rambotham who grew up in the outback, and at around the age of 14, is sent off by her poor mother who has scrimped and saved for her to go to a prestigious women’s private college in Melbourne, the Presbyterian Ladies College.

Laura Tweedle Rambotham

Evelyn

Tom McNamara

Miss Chapman

Mrs. Gurley

Miss Zielinski

Rev. Strachey

Rev. Shepherd

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Based on the 1910 novel by Henry Handel Richardson, thought to be an account of her own schooldays at the Presbyterian Ladies College in Melbourne. A young girl, Laura Tweedle-Rambotham who grew up in the outback, and at around the age of 14, is sent off by her poor mother who has scrimped and saved for her to go to a prestigious women’s private college in Melbourne, the Presbyterian Ladies College.

Movie / 1967

Movie / 2010

Movie / 1989

Movie / 1989

Movie / 1993

Movie / 2025

Movie / 1986

Movie / 2025

Movie / 2012

Movie / 2013

Movie / 2010

Movie / 2024

Movie / 2013

Movie / 1955

Movie / 1968

Movie / 2014

Movie / 1988

Movie / 2004

Movie / 1989

Movie / 2012